The Scoundrel's dictionary, or An explanation of the cant words used by the thieves, house-breakers, street-robbers and pick-pockets about town. [electronic resource] : To which is prefixed, some curious dissertations on the art of wheedling; and a collection of their flash songs, with a proper glossary. The whole printed from a copy taken on one of their gang, in the late scuffle between the watchmen and a party of them on clerkenwell-green; which copy is now in the custody of one of the constable of that parish.
1754
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The Scoundrel's dictionary, or An explanation of the cant words used by the thieves, house-breakers, street-robbers and pick-pockets about town. [electronic resource] : To which is prefixed, some curious dissertations on the art of wheedling; and a collection of their flash songs, with a proper glossary. The whole printed from a copy taken on one of their gang, in the late scuffle between the watchmen and a party of them on clerkenwell-green; which copy is now in the custody of one of the constable of that parish.
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London : Printed for J. Brownnell, in Pater-noster-Row, MDCCLIV. [1754]
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Great Britain -- England -- London.
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English
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32p. ; 8⁰.
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Horizontal chain lines.
Price on title page: Price 6d.
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Price on title page: Price 6d.
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English Short Title Catalog, T85050.
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Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Cengage Gale, 2009. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements.
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